Creating the medicaid access program.

 H-1778.1

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1392

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Macri, Leavitt, Simmons, Davis, Berry, Ryu, Callan, Rule, Stearns, Peterson, Taylor, Reed, Ramel, Alvarado, Doglio, Tharinger, Fey, Salahuddin, Bernbaum, Fosse, Pollet, Street, Scott, and Santos)

READ FIRST TIME 02/28/25.

AN ACT Relating to creating the medicaid access program; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092 and 43.84.092 ; adding a new chapter to Title 74 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 48 RCW; creating new sections; providing an effective date; providing an expiration date; providing a contingent expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter and chapter 48.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 15 of this act) unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Authority" means the Washington state health care authority.